Kentucky lands trio, Conwell heads to Louisville, UCLA adds 3
Kentucky coach Mark Pope dipped into the transfer website on Friday, including a trio of players with former Pittsburgh point guard Jaland Lowe, Alabama forward Mouhamed Dioubate and Tulane guard Kam Williams.Lowe invested 2 seasons at Pitt, averaging 13.3 points, 4.3 assists and 3.5 rebounds in 64 games while playing for coach Jeff Capel. He led the Panthers in points(16.8)and helps (5.5 )as a sophomore, though he also fought with turnovers, averaging 3.0 as Pitt saw a promising start fizzle into a 17-15 season.The 6-foot-3 Lowe was a third-team All-ACC selection.
“Jaland is an exceptionally explosive, playmaking, experienced point player,”Pope stated in a statement.”He’s an excellent kid who has a tremendous work principles and most notably, likes this game and wants nothing more than to win.”The 6-foot-7 Dioubate balanced 7.2 points and 5.9 rebounds in 16
minutes a game while helping the Crimson Tide to a 2nd straight Last 4. Dioubate shot 61% from the field and was third on Alabama in steals and 2nd in blocks in spite of the somewhat minimal playing time. Williams made an area on the American Athletic Conference All-Freshman group after balancing 9.3 points, 4.5 rebounds, 1.3 assists, 1.4 blocks and 1.1 takes. While Lowe and Dioubate are relocating to Lexington, previous Xavier guard Ryan Conwell is heading
about an hour west to Louisville.The rising senior is signing up with the Cardinals following an outstanding season in which he was called to the All-Big East third team after averaging 16.5 points, consisting of a career-best 38 versus Marquette in the Big East Competition. Conwell completed in the top 10 in the Big East in 3-point percentage(41 %), basket portion(45%) and free-throw portion (83 %). Louisville is Conwell’s 4th drop in as numerous seasons. He previously dipped into South Florida and Indiana State before joining Xavier.UCLA announced that 3 transfers are joining the Bruins.Xavier Booker, a forward-center from Michigan State, has two years of eligibility staying.
Jamar Brown, a guard from Missouri-Kansas City, and Steven Jamerson II, a forward-center from the University of San Diego, will register as college students. They each have one season of eligibility left.They join guard Donovan Dent, who previously this month revealed he was leaving New Mexico.Pitt added a required dose of size, generating previous Iowa State center Dishon Jackson.
The 6-foot-11, 270-pound Jackson averaged 8.5 points, 5.1 rebounds, and 1.1 blocks in about 19 minutes a game for the Cyclones. He joins a group that fought with rebounding all season and saw twin centers Guillermo Diaz-Graham and Jorge Diaz-Graham get in the portal.New West Virginia coach Ross Hodge announced the finalizing of 7-footer Harlan Obioha, who averaged 9.2 points, 6 rebounds and 1.2 blocks per game as a junior in his only season at UNC Wilmington. Before that, he played 2 seasons at Niagara.Michigan included former
UCLA 7-foot center Aday Mara, who balanced 6.4 points and 4 rebounds last season as a sophomore, to help replace 7-1 Russian center Vladislav Goldin.